DUFOUR 500 GRAND LARGE

Sailboat Specifications

both US imperial metric

Hull Type:

Fin w/bulb & spade rudder

Rigging Type:

Fractional Sloop

LOA:

49.54 ft / 15.10 m

LWL:

44.85 ft / 13.67 m

Beam:

15.75 ft / 4.80 m

S.A. (reported):

1,084.00 ft² / 100.71 m²

Draft (max):

7.55 ft / 2.30 m

Displacement:

33,609 lb / 15,245 kg

Ballast:

8,911 lb / 4,042 kg

S.A./Disp.:

16.72

Bal./Disp.:

26.51

Disp./Len.:

166.31

Construction:

FG w/ foam sandwich

First Built:

2011

Last Built:

2015

# Built:

100

Builder:

Dufour

Designer:

Umberto Felci

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make:

Volvo

Type:

Diesel

HP:

75

Fuel:

132 gals / 500 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions

S.A./Disp.:

16.72

Bal./Disp.:

26.51

Disp./Len.:

166.31

Comfort Ratio:

28.57

Capsize Screening Formula:

1.96

S#:

2.93

Rig and Sail Particulars

help

I:

56.59 ft / 17.25 m

J:

18.34 ft / 5.59 m

P:

53.31 ft / 16.25 m

E:

18.37 ft / 5.60 m

S.A. Fore:

518.93 ft² / 48.21 m²

S.A. Main:

489.65 ft² / 45.49 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)

1,008.58 ft² / 93.70 m²

S.A./Disp. (calc.):

15.56

Est. Forestay Len.:

59.49 ft / 18.13 m

Accommodations

Water:

190 gals / 719 L

Sailboat Links

Designers:

Umberto Felci

Builders:

Dufour Yachts (FRA)

Download Boat Record:

PDF

Notes

Sail Area:
Mainsail: 52.8 m²/568 sq.ft.
Genoa: 48.0 m²/ 517 sq.ft.
Total Upwind: 100.8m2/ 1076 sq.ft.
Updated to DUFOUR GRAND LARGE 512 in 2016.

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